When Samantha Steele began her career in education in the 1980s, her grade book was made out of something called paper, and if she talked about retrieving something from her desktop, she meant the literal top of her literal desk.
A lot has changed in schools between the time Steele introduced herself to an English class at Eagle Point High School in 1989 and now as she heads down the home stretch of her final school year as Central Point’s superintendent. Steele will retire at the end of the school year, wrapping up a 32-year career that included stints as a teacher, an assistant principal, eight years as Central Point’s education director and another eight as superintendent.
Steele took over as district superintendent July 1, 2013, and on July 1 of this year she’ll pass the baton to Central Point Elementary…